Lad assaulted in Northfield mobile phone robbery

Police are appealing for information after four lads were victim to a mobile phone robbery in a park off Tessall Lane, Northfield just after 9pm last night (Monday 28th July).

One of the lads received facial injuries after the four reported having phones stolen by two young men, believed to have been armed with a firearm. No shots were fired during the incident, believed to have been in the area along the River Rea close to Longbridge Station, known locally as “Daffodil Park”.

The force helicopter and local officers began a search for the suspects, around West Heath, Longbridge and Northfield. No arrests have yet been made.